Germander speedwell, the travellers luck

It has beautiful bright blue flowers – which can be a centimetre across and have a white eye - are carried on small spikes in the axils of the leaves. It is found throughout the UK, but rare on the Outer Hebrides, Orkney and Shetlands.

Generally grows in grassy places like meadows, pastures, verges and lawns, as well as in woods, hedgerows and waste ground.

Like other speedwells found in the wild, it was believed that Germander speedwell was good luck for travellers, and wearing it in your buttonhole would “speed you well” on your journey